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No. 511,544. Patented Dec, 26, 1893.

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WASHINGTON. n. c.

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VINGENZ T. PIEPER, OF MARINE, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF TWO-THIRDS TO JOHN H. PAHLMAN AND EDIVARD THURNAN, OF SAME PLACE.

WINDOW.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent no. 511,544, dated December 26,1893.

Application filed June 5, 1893- SeriallIo. (N0 model) To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known thatLVINoENz T. PIEPER, of the city of Marine, county of Madison, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Windows, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention relates to an improved window having a box-frame, and consists in the novel construction, combination and arrange ment of parts hereinafter described and designated in the claims.

The object of my invention is to provide a window with improved guiding devices for the sash and the counterbalancing weights thereof, and which shall be simple in construction, efficient and convenient in operation and of reasonable cost.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a sectional elevation with parts broken away, of a window embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional plan view on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

My improved window is constructed with a box-frame having vertical passages 1 in which the sash-weights 2 are arranged to slide and balance the upper and lower sashes 3 and 4 respectively, by means of chains or cords 5 attached to said weights and to said sash and working over ordinary sash pulleys. The frame of the window is composed of outer jambs 6, inner jambs 7 and 8 formed of separate strips so as to leave a vertical space or slot 9 between their adjacent edges, inner casings 10, outer casings 1l,and the beads, stops and strips hereinafter described.

12 indicates a combined parting-strip for the sash 3 and 4 and partition for the space in which the sash-weights slide, the same having such a width that its inner edge projects inward and acts as a parting-strip for the sash and so that its outer edge projects into contact with the inner surface of the outer jamb 6 of the frame, said combined parting strip and partition 12 being located in the space or slot 9 between the adjacent edges of the j amb sections 7 and 8 and dividing the vertical space or box at the side of the frame into two separate vertical spaces 1 in which the sashweights slide. The combined parting strip and partition 12 is provided with cutaway portions 13 adjacent its upper and lower ends, by means of which the outer edge of same is cut away or removed from the ends of said "combined strip and partition to a point a distance from said ends, but the inner edge of the same is left undisturbed and integral throughout the length thereof. The combined parting strip and partition 12 is thus cut away adjacent its ends, for the purpose of providing a passage-way or communication between the adjacent parallel passages 1 in which the sash-weights are located, so that said weights may be removed from each passage by running them down to the position in which the weight is shown in Fig. 1, and then removing said weights through a common pocket 14 formed in the inner jamb-section 8 adjacent the lower end thereof.

Although I have illustrated a sash-weight at one side of the window, yet I desire to state that the opposite side of the window is constructed identical with the side referred to, and I have deemed it unnecessary to show further illustration of duplicate parts. Likewise with relation to the common pockets 14, which are commonly used in box-frames of ordinary construction for the purpose of inserting and removing the sash-weights after the window frame has been placed in position in the building. The meeting rail 15 of the lower sash 4 and the meeting rail 16 of the upper sash 3 is provided with the usual rectangular recess 17 adjacent the ends thereof, for engaging the adjacent parting-strips.

The combined parting strips and partitions 12 may be readily detached and replaced when desired. Their removal may be readily accomplished by first detaching the inner beads 18 and thereby removing the lower sash 4, and then running the upper sash 3 downward until its meeting-rail 16 rests in contact with the sill 19, and then pulling the combined parting-strip and partition 12 inward until it is inclined about in the position indicated by dotted linesin Fig. 1, the same sliding through the vertical passage or slot 9 between the inner j amb-sections 7 and 8 when said partmay be readily detached. It may be replaced in a similar manner, the rectangular recesses 17 in the meeting-rails of the sashes holding the same in place when said sashes are in normal position.

What I claim is- 1. In a window, a box frame provided with a combined parting strip and partition extending from the sash to the inner surface of the outer jalnb of the window, and provided with a cut-away portion 13 at its lower end and outer edge, substantially as herein specified.

2. In a window having a box frame, a com bined parting strip and partition extending from the sash to the adjacent outer jamb of the window frame, and having a cutaway portion in its outer edge, substantially as herein.

VINOENZ T. PIEPER.

Witnesses:

V. E. WENGEL, JNO. O. HIGDON. 

